There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and[ there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but[ it tendeth] to poverty.

有施散的，却更增添；有吝惜过度的，反致穷乏。

有施舍的，钱财增添；吝惜过度，反致穷乏。

有施舍的，钱财增添；吝惜过度，反致穷乏。

有人乐善好施，反倒越来越富；有人一毛不拔，反而越来越穷。

有人慷慨好施，财富却更增添；有人吝啬过度，反招致贫穷。

有人慷慨好施，反增添更多；有人该给不给，却导致缺乏。

有施散的，卻更增添；有吝惜過度的，反致窮乏。

有施捨的，錢財增添；吝惜過度，反致窮乏。

有施捨的，錢財增添；吝惜過度，反致窮乏。

有人樂善好施，反倒越來越富；有人一毛不拔，反而越來越窮。

有人慷慨好施，財富卻更增添；有人吝嗇過度，反招致貧窮。

有的人大方地花錢，反而更添財；有的人過度不放手，反致窮乏。

有人慷慨好施，反增添更多；有人該給不給，卻導致缺乏。

有博施而益增加、有過吝而致貧乏、

有散財而增富厚、有惜財而致貧乏、

有散財者反增添、有惜財過度者反致貧乏、

One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

One person gives freely but gets even richer. Another person doesn’t give what they should but gets even poorer.

One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.

Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything.

One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.

There is one who scatters, yet increases more; And there is one who withholds more than is right, But it leads to poverty.

There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want.

One person gives freely, yet gains more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness[ shall be] a sure reward.

Since those[ days] were, when[ one] came to an heap of twenty[ measures], there were[ but] ten: when[ one] came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty[ vessels] out of the press, there were[ but] twenty.I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye[ turned] not to me, saith the LORD.Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth[ month, even] from the day that the foundation of the LORD’S temple was laid, consider[ it].Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless[ you].

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as[ a matter of] bounty, and not as[ of] covetousness.But this[ I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,[ so let him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.And God[ is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all[ things], may abound to every good work:( As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for[ your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both[ shall be] alike good.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages[ to put it] into a bag with holes.

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

Ye looked for much, and, lo,[ it came] to little; and when ye brought[ it] home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that[ is] waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed[ from] her fruit.And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon[ that] which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.